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Koṇḍañña2

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एक कुल का नाम, जो ब्राह्मण और क्षत्रिय दोनों परिवारों द्वारा साझा किया गया, जिसका दावा ब्राह्मण कोंडञ्ञ से लेकर कई राजाओं तक ने किया, और लोक-व्युत्पत्ति के अनुसार कछुओं ने भी।

The name of a clan (gotta). It was evidently common to both brahmaṇas and khattiyas, for we find the brahman Aññāta-Koṇḍañña belonging to it, and elsewhere (e.g., VibhA.464) it is mentioned as a khattiyagotta. Among those mentioned as belonging to the Koṇḍañña-gotta are: Buddha Koṇḍañña (brahmaṇa), Candakumāra (J.vi.137, 138) (khattiya), Sarabhaṅga (J.v.140,141, 142) (brahmaṇa), The three Buddhas: Vipassī, Sikhī, and Vessabhū, were all khattiyas (D.ii.3 ff, see table in Dial.16). In the Kacchapa Jātaka (J.ii.360 f) it is said that turtles are of the Kassapa-gotta and monkeys of the Koṇḍañña-gotta, and that between these two classes there is intermarriage.

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